Population in Papua New Guinea compared to Yemen: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Papua New Guinea and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Yemen	Papua New Guinea	Yemen
1960	1,995,110	5,532,301	-	-
1961	2,046,127	5,655,232	2.56%	2.22%
1962	2,093,919	5,782,221	2.34%	2.25%
1963	2,141,376	5,911,135	2.27%	2.23%
1964	2,188,325	6,048,006	2.19%	2.32%
1965	2,235,820	6,195,593	2.17%	2.44%
1966	2,285,774	6,351,494	2.23%	2.52%
1967	2,337,532	6,516,444	2.26%	2.6%
1968	2,390,803	6,690,524	2.28%	2.67%
1969	2,446,927	6,875,859	2.35%	2.77%
1970	2,505,628	7,065,279	2.4%	2.75%
1971	2,566,421	7,257,462	2.43%	2.72%
1972	2,628,432	7,460,068	2.42%	2.79%
1973	2,690,629	7,672,796	2.37%	2.85%
1974	2,752,671	7,896,783	2.31%	2.92%
1975	2,814,820	8,133,598	2.26%	3%
1976	2,877,327	8,384,113	2.22%	3.08%
1977	2,940,327	8,648,222	2.19%	3.15%
1978	3,003,714	8,926,586	2.16%	3.22%
1979	3,067,341	9,224,194	2.12%	3.33%
1980	3,131,512	9,543,358	2.09%	3.46%
1981	3,197,019	9,882,362	2.09%	3.55%
1982	3,264,291	10,241,006	2.1%	3.63%
1983	3,333,633	10,621,499	2.12%	3.72%
1984	3,405,198	11,025,597	2.15%	3.8%
1985	3,478,936	11,453,825	2.17%	3.88%
1986	3,554,793	11,901,040	2.18%	3.9%
1987	3,632,543	12,369,912	2.19%	3.94%
1988	3,711,880	12,859,708	2.18%	3.96%
1989	3,796,078	13,364,174	2.27%	3.92%
1990	3,896,481	13,887,862	2.64%	3.92%
1991	4,021,837	14,430,201	3.22%	3.91%
1992	4,166,699	14,989,494	3.6%	3.88%
1993	4,320,872	15,563,914	3.7%	3.83%
1994	4,480,208	16,149,147	3.69%	3.76%
1995	4,644,278	16,740,058	3.66%	3.66%
1996	4,813,361	17,313,177	3.64%	3.42%
1997	4,987,883	17,873,936	3.63%	3.24%
1998	5,166,390	18,446,013	3.58%	3.2%
1999	5,349,333	19,029,420	3.54%	3.16%
2000	5,537,064	19,624,141	3.51%	3.13%
2001	5,728,435	20,226,147	3.46%	3.07%
2002	5,924,003	20,835,086	3.41%	3.01%
2003	6,123,997	21,456,379	3.38%	2.98%
2004	6,328,041	22,095,167	3.33%	2.98%
2005	6,535,905	22,790,085	3.28%	3.15%
2006	6,747,720	23,543,083	3.24%	3.3%
2007	6,963,345	24,318,082	3.2%	3.29%
2008	7,183,002	25,111,941	3.15%	3.26%
2009	7,406,438	25,927,724	3.11%	3.25%
2010	7,633,523	26,754,387	3.07%	3.19%
2011	7,859,346	27,582,897	2.96%	3.1%
2012	8,081,390	28,433,647	2.83%	3.08%
2013	8,302,698	29,312,952	2.74%	3.09%
2014	8,523,441	30,226,309	2.66%	3.12%
2015	8,743,246	31,159,379	2.58%	3.09%
2016	8,961,718	32,109,010	2.5%	3.05%
2017	9,178,714	33,090,921	2.42%	3.06%
2018	9,394,513	34,085,182	2.35%	3%
2019	9,609,010	35,111,408	2.28%	3.01%
2020	9,815,746	36,134,863	2.15%	2.91%
2021	10,012,896	37,140,230	2.01%	2.78%
2022	10,203,169	38,222,876	1.9%	2.92%
2023	10,389,635	39,390,799	1.83%	3.06%
2024	10,576,502	40,583,164	1.8%	3.03%
2025	10,762,813	41,773,871	1.76%	2.93%
2026	10,947,845	42,961,650	1.72%	2.84%
2027	11,131,268	44,145,620	1.68%	2.76%
2028	11,312,895	45,323,685	1.63%	2.67%
2029	11,492,799	46,497,573	1.59%	2.59%
2030	11,671,420	47,667,649	1.55%	2.52%
2031	11,848,221	48,827,503	1.51%	2.43%
2032	12,023,121	49,979,089	1.48%	2.36%
2033	12,196,639	51,129,867	1.44%	2.3%
2034	12,369,248	52,279,989	1.42%	2.25%
2035	12,540,596	53,429,308	1.39%	2.2%
2036	12,710,682	54,578,046	1.36%	2.15%
2037	12,879,737	55,724,259	1.33%	2.1%
2038	13,047,122	56,872,152	1.3%	2.06%
2039	13,212,668	58,024,713	1.27%	2.03%
2040	13,376,156	59,181,514	1.24%	1.99%
2041	13,537,361	60,345,667	1.21%	1.97%
2042	13,696,139	61,517,965	1.17%	1.94%
2043	13,853,410	62,696,517	1.15%	1.92%
2044	14,009,926	63,880,172	1.13%	1.89%
2045	14,165,578	65,066,344	1.11%	1.86%
2046	14,318,889	66,253,578	1.08%	1.82%
2047	14,469,210	67,438,796	1.05%	1.79%
2048	14,617,364	68,620,844	1.02%	1.75%
2049	14,763,600	69,799,794	1%	1.72%
2050	14,906,584	70,976,389	0.97%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Papua New Guinea's population will grow by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people with a rank change from 90th to 85th. The population of Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.